#72 - Chapter 72: Gold for gold coins? Stop pretending, Jiu Lama!
After learning that the Gold Coin Toad could spit out gold coins, Naruto wanted it to spit out more, but the Gold Coin Toad refused.
According to the Gold Coin Toad, it only spits out gold coins under certain conditions: it has to eat gold first!
In other words—gold for gold coins!
But where would Naruto get gold?
If he had gold, he wouldn't need the Gold Coin Toad's gold coins!
"If you want to get rich with the Gold Coin Toad, you'll probably have to go mining," Jiraiya joked.
Naruto rolled his eyes.
Feeding the Gold Coin Toad gold from a gold mine?
Isn't that like giving meat to a dog?
Naruto didn't believe the Gold Coin Toad would be so selfless, acting as a toad that specializes in processing gold and asking for nothing in return.
Naruto tapped the Gold Coin Toad's forehead. "Hey, Goldie, can you find gold mines?"
If the Gold Coin Toad could find gold mines, then it would be somewhat useful.
But sadly... it can't.
"Gold coin."
"You can't find gold mines, so where do you get the gold to eat? And where do you get the gold coins?"
Looking at the Gold Coin Toad shaking its head, Naruto was skeptical, his fingers stroking its skin.
The golden skin didn't feel like frog skin, but more like some kind of metal.
Could this Gold Coin Toad be able to turn the gold it eats into parts of its body?
A golden-bodied toad?
"Let me ask you a question, Goldie."
"Gold coin?"
"Why did you choose me as your master?"
Naruto subdued Gamabunta by defeating him, and he took in Gamaken because the toad was honest, but he didn't know why the Gold Coin Toad had chosen him.
At the time, the toad and Naruto had only stared at each other for a while, and the Gold Coin Toad had given Naruto its bond-affirming gold coin...
He didn't think the Gold Coin Toad was an honest toad.
"Gold coin, gold coin."
The Gold Coin Toad said a few words, and then Jiraiya translated, "It says it's because your hair is golden, and it likes it very much!"
"Because... of my hair?"
Naruto glanced at the Gold Coin Toad.
Is this guy mistaking me for one of its kind?
But I don't eat gold...
Over the next period, Naruto and the Gold Coin Toad gradually became familiar, and Naruto also gained some new understanding of the Gold Coin Toad's personality.
It was certainly not as honest as Gamaken, but it was also not as smart as Gamaken and the others.
Compared to Gamaken and Gamabunta, the Gold Coin Toad was like a child with a secret, both simple and incomprehensible!
"Jiraiya, how can you understand toad language?" Naruto asked.
"Good question!"
Jiraiya spread his hands in an exaggerated gesture, then froze and looked at Naruto. "Because I'm the Toad Sage! It's only natural for the Toad Sage to understand toad language!"
"..."
"Can I learn it?" Naruto asked.
He didn't want to have to rely on Jiraiya to translate what the Gold Coin Toad said in the future.
Jiraiya wouldn't always be by his side.
"Well... you want to learn?" Jiraiya pinched his chin, seemingly pondering something.
Naruto nodded and asked, "Can you teach me?"
"I can, but you have to agree to three conditions!" Jiraiya said.
"What conditions?"
"I haven't thought of them yet. I'll tell you when I do."
"..."
Naruto held up a finger and said calmly, "One."
"One? You're bargaining with your teacher?" Jiraiya stared at Naruto with disbelief.
"Just one. I can help you with one thing, and whether I'm willing to help depends on my mood."
"Depends on your mood?"
Jiraiya was truly seeing a ghost. He had never seen a disciple more difficult to get along with than Naruto!
Thinking back to his previous two disciples,
Nagato and Minato were both very obedient, not exactly doing everything he said, but they were very responsive to his requests!
But Naruto was impervious to reason!
"I won't teach you for just one."
Jiraiya pouted, looking disinterested, and then he saw a pretty lady going to gather materials.
Naruto didn't care.
Although not understanding toad language would make communication with the Gold Coin Toad difficult, the fact that the Gold Coin Toad could understand him was enough to maintain communication.
Lying on the Gold Coin Toad, Naruto was thoughtful—should he watch another show?
Jiraiya had gone to gather materials and wouldn't be back for a while, and this time would be his free time.
Suddenly, Naruto thought of the Nine-Tails inside him.
It had been so long since he had transmigrated, and he had never heard the Nine-Tails' voice, nor had he entered the seal space inside his body to see the Nine-Tails.
And because of Xiao Ai's existence, he almost thought he was the Jinchuriki of Xiao Ai.
"Xiao Ai."
[Ding! I'm here, Master~♫]
"What do I need to do to see the Nine-Tails?" Naruto asked.
[Master can try to sense the sealing jutsu inside your body to enter it~♫]
Sense the sealing jutsu inside his body?
Naruto closed his eyes and used chakra to sense his body. He quickly found a chakra seal in his abdomen.
He tried to connect his chakra to the sealing jutsu.
The next moment, his chakra was absorbed into it, and the sealing jutsu seemed brighter... but he didn't see the Nine-Tails.
"Xiao Ai, what exactly do I need to do?" Naruto asked again.
[Master can try using the Nine-Tails' chakra~♫]
Getting Xiao Ai's hint, Naruto tried to control the Nine-Tails' chakra that was leaking out and bring it close to the sealing jutsu.
The moment the Nine-Tails' chakra approached the sealing jutsu, the Nine-Tails' chakra and Naruto's consciousness were pulled into the sealing jutsu.
Naruto only felt a blur before his eyes, and his consciousness appeared in a leaking sewer.
"This should be the place where the Nine-Tails is imprisoned, right?"
"And this body, even the surrounding walls are..."
Although it was just consciousness, Naruto could touch solid objects, which was incredible.
Suddenly,
He sensed the Nine-Tails' chakra fluctuating!
"Did it notice me coming in?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow and walked in the direction of the chakra fluctuations. After passing a corner and going through a patch of light, he saw a huge iron gate!
"This should be it."
In his memory, the Nine-Tails was locked behind such a huge iron gate.
He got closer and saw that the inside of the iron gate was pitch black, and within the darkness was a patch of orange-red chakra light!
I wonder if the light in my consciousness can be used.
Just as Naruto was thinking, a voice suddenly came from inside the iron gate.
"Hey brat, come a little closer!"
The voice was full of majesty, depth, and even a hint of evil!
Naruto stood still, not going forward, but quietly looking at the inside of the iron gate and said calmly, "Stop pretending, Kurama!"
